Bitmovin became the latest video platform to suggest its new API is the first end-to-end, video infrastructure API to hit the market. Similar to its competitor, Synq, Bitmovin released its API with claims that it serves the video space the same way Twilio serves telephony, or Stripe for payments.

The Node.js Foundation, a community-led consortium to advance the development of Node.js, today announced that the Node.js Security Project will become a part of the Node.js Foundation. The Node.js Security Project will provide a process for discovering and disclosing security vulnerabilities.

As the microservices model expands across IT, APIs are proliferating at amazing speed. With so many APIs being launched every day, how does one keep up in order to find the perfect API to add to their stack? RapidAPI is hoping to fill two different niches in order to ease these developer woes.

Thirteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories such as Payments, Invoicing, Documents, and Natural Language Processing. One highlight today is the SYNQ video platform API, which provides faster deployments than most other video delivery platforms.

Synq has hit the market with a video API designed to bring video capabilities to apps. Unlike many existing video platforms, Synq is not a standalone video management system that brings apps into its ecosystem. Synq hopes that this developer-first mindset will set it apart from other video services.

Amazon made several significant new features available to its AWS Mobile Hub this month that should make it easier for developers to tap into cloud-based APIs. The tools include a Cloud Logic function, user sign-in tweaks, user management options, and seamless SaaS integration.

In what appears to be a continuation of a trend whereby API management solutions are paired with platforms capable of hosting business logic, Rogue Wave Software -- provider of the ZEND PHP platform -- has acquired Akana, Inc., provider of API management and SOA governance solutions.

Xert from Baron Biosystems is a software suite that provides in-depth power data analysis for athletes. Baron Biosystems has leveraged the Connect IQ platform to bring their cycling experience to athletes, providing them with real-time power and training data to track fitness improvement.

Google announced the Firebase App Indexing API. The API allows users to search for content within the Google app and find personal or public content across apps installed on a particular device. Because the content is stored on the device, the API is functional whether a user is online or not.

Companies often worry about UX when designing a new app or product. In contrast, developers often do not worry enough about DX when building APIs. This is a mistake if you want to attract developers to your API. Taija Bjorklund covers four attributes you need to get right to provide a good DX.

Seventeen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories such as Marketing, Security, and Banking. Highlights today include the Google Cloud Jobs API, which is a machine learning driven API to help companies find the best applicants. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.

Nineteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Internet of Things, Cloud, Banking, and Mapping. Included today are several APIs from TomTom for navigation and APIs for Google Cloud Stackdriver platform. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.

Google made a second preview of Android 7.1 available to mobile app developers ahead of the platform's release. Along with the new build, Google made some minor adjustments to the Android SDK and Android Studio. Developers should put the new tools to use in finalizing their apps for Android 7.1.

The 2016 presidential has been a hot topic of conversation in the past two weeks. Many issues came to light largely due to the many controversies surrounding the election. Many of the controversies were a result of fake news though, a real problem that technology must address.

The Second Payment Services Directive or PSD2 comes into effect January 13, 2018. This open banking initiative will no doubt be a game changer in Europe and really for any retail bank or fintech that wishes to work with Europe.
Today we’ll give you an overview of what exactly PSD2 is. Then

Mertech has announced its latest SaaSification tool: THRIFTLY.IO. THRIFTLY allows developers to maintain the functionality of legacy Windows apps, but provide API access to such apps for easier consumption in mobile and cloud-based formats. No additional coding for API setup is needed with THRIFTLY.

Health IT standards and health APIs are going to change how patients access their data, according to HealthITInteroperability. A recent demonstration at the Regenstrief Institute showed how patient data can be aggregated and merged from disparate data sources according to the new FHIR standard.

Given how so many companies that orbit the API economy are constantly pitching ProgrammableWeb in hopes of getting their latest greatest news covered, we thought we'd write-up some guidelines so that everyone has an idea of how to best work with us. So here are the do's and dont's!

Rebelmail publicly launched its interactive email API. After successful private integrations with ESPs like Mailjet, SendGrid, and others; Rebelmail is ready for third party integrations across the board. Through the API, users can build, send, and track interactive emails directly within an app.

For the fourth year in a row, WIP Factory is taking the pulse of the developer relations and developer program community with its annual Devrel Survey. If you work in developer relations or for a company's developer program you are welcome to participate. Deadline is November 21st!